Elephant bull drinking from Ngoitokitok Springs in Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania
African elephant, Loxodonta africana. Rainwater filters through the volcanic rock walls emerging in springs at the crater bottom providing fresh drinking water. Large lone bull elephants make up most of the elephant population inside the crater. These gentle giants survived the ivory trade of the 80’s and display large impressive tusks. Matriarchal elephant herds are noticeably absent from the crater floor because the cows and calves tend to prefer the forested highlands. They sometimes appear at the crater rim but only rarely venture down into the grasslands.
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Location: Ngoitokitok Springs
Photo credit: © Ulrich Doering / Alamy / Afripics
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